Laura Gonzalez-Fajardo

Ph.D. Graduate

Laboratorios Chalver de Colombia


Education

2013-2019       Ph.D. Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences,  University of Connecticut

2004-2009       BSc. in Pharmacy, National University of Colombia

Research Appointments

March 2011 – May 2013                   Young Researcher, CIDEIM, Cali, Colombia

August 2009 – December 2009       Undergrad Researcher , Institute of Humoral Immunity, Buenos Aires University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Professional Appointments

March 2010 – December 2010          Compounding Pharmacist, Numixx SAS, Bogota, Colombia

Professional Societies

2013-Present          Member, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist (AAPS)

Honors and Awards

2016                  Academic Research Award, Second Place, AAPS-NERDG

2016                  Richardson-Vicks/A. Francis Summa Memorial Award, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut

2015                  Gerald J. Jackson Memorial Fellowship, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut

2013-2018         Doctoral Scholarship, Colciencias (Colombian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation)

2011                  Young Investigator Fellowship, Colciencias (Colombian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation)

2010                  Young Investigator Fellowship, Colciencias (Colombian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation)

Oral Presentations

04/2016        AAPS-NERDG, Reduced In Vivo Toxicity of Doxorubicin by Encapsulation in Cholesterol-containing Self-Assembled Polymeric Nanoparticles

Poster Presentations

Gonzalez-Fajardo, LH. Mahajan, D. Ndaya, D. Hargrove, JE. Manautou, BT. Liang, MH. Chen, RM. Kasi, X. Lu. Doxorubicin containing self-assembled polymer nanoparticles for improved chemotherapy. Poster at NanoDDS, September 2016.

Gonzalez-Fajardo, T.H Tran, D. Hargrove, M. Brewer and X. Lu. Tumor Accumulation and Penetration of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles and the Potential Role of Peritoneal Macrophages. Poster at CRS, June 2014.

Publications

Gonzalez-Fajardo, LH. Mahajan, D. Ndaya, D Hargrove, JE. Manautou, BT. Liang, MH Chen, RM. Kasi, and X Lu. Reduced In Vivo Toxicity of Doxorubicin by Encapsulation in Cholesterol-Containing Self-Assembled Nanoparticles. Pharmacological research. 107:93-101. Doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.03.006. (2016).

Gonzalez-Fajardo, O.L. Fernandez, D. McMahon-Pratt, and N.G. Saravia. Ex vivo host and parasite response to antileishmanial drugs and immunomodulators. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(5):e0003820. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003820. (2015).

I.K. Deshapriya, B.S. Stromer, A. Pattammattel, C.S. Kim, R. Iglesias-Bartolome, L. Gonzalez-Fajardo, V. Patel, J.S. Gutkind, X. Lu, and C.V. Kumar. Fluorescent, Bioactive Protein Nanoparticles (Prodots) for Rapid, Improved Cellular Uptake. Bioconjugate chemistry. 26(3):396-404. Doi: 10.1021/bc500621h. (2015).

T.H. Tran, C.T. Nguyen, L. Gonzalez-Fajardo, D. Hargrove, D. Song, P. Deshmukh, L. Mahajan, D. Ndaya, L. Lai, R.M. Kasi, and X. Lu. Long circulating self-assembled nanoparticles from cholesterol-containing brush-like block copolymers for improved drug delivery to tumors. Biomacromolecules. 15(11):4363-4375. Doi: 10.1021/bm5013822. (2014).

Contact Information
Emaillaura.gonzalez_fajardo@uconn.edu